Summary

  • East Staffordshire: Conservatives hold

  • Wyre Forest: Conservatives lose control

  • Stafford Borough: Conservative hold

  • South Staffordshire: Conservatives hold

  • Staffs Moorlands: Tories lose control

  • Wychavon: Conservatives retain control

  • Malvern Hills: Conservatives lose control

  • Bromsgrove: Conservatives hold

  • Lichfield: Conservatives hold

  • Solihull: Tory majority cut to just one

  • Warwick: Conservatives lose control

  • Stratford-upon-Avon: Conservatives hold

  • Herefordshire: Conservatives lose control

  • Cannock Chase: Labour lose control

  • Redditch: Conservatives hold

  • Walsall: Conservatives gain overall control

  • Worcester: Conservatives lose control

  • Telford and Wrekin: Labour boosts majority

  • Dudley Council: Cons and Lab tie

  • Stoke-on-Trent: No overall control

  • Rugby: Conservatives hold

  • Sandwell: Labour claim every seat

  • Wolverhampton: Labour hold

  • North Warwickshire: Conservatives hold

  • Tamworth: Conservatives hold

  • Coventry: Labour hold

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